Ben Thompson

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Apple has been more successful in China than any Western tech company because their business model – selling devices that integrate software and hardware – couldn't be copied and couldn't be blocked. Devices are sold once, but services are delivered over time, which means they can be interrupted or held hostage at any time.feedback

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Ben Thompson has most recently been quoted in an article called Apple will face 4 challenges this week that could fundamentally alter its future. Ben Thompson said, “Naturally, WeChat works the same on iOS as it does on Android. That, by extension, means that for the day-to-day lives of Chinese there is no penalty to switching away from an iPhone.”. Ben Thompson has been quoted a grand total of 4 times in 4 articles.

Given that Xiaomi's valuation has always been based on the company being more than a commodity handset manufacturer, missing their services revenue goal by such a significant margin is even more concerning than missing their handset target.feedback

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When the book is closed on retail this quarter, we're going to have two different narratives: there are the companies that Amazon can crush and the companies that Amazon should admire or perhaps even fear.

The president's address to the leaders of more than 50 Arab and Muslim nations was a historic turning point that people will be talking about for many years to come. He did exactly as he promised in his inaugural address: united the civilized world in the fight against terrorism and extremism.